Oil’s jaunt through $50 per barrel on Thursday, its highest level since November last year, highlights once again how suddenly things can change, particularly when it comes to the commodities complex.
European exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors caught off-guard by the volatility at the start of the year, sheltered assets in traditional safe havens such as gold, according to analysis by Morningstar.
The internet has long promised disintermediation and with it the belief that consumers will be better off for cutting out the middle man.
There is a strong case to be made that British property funds have had their latest spell of time in the sun and have begun a significant downswing, but the situation seems more nuanced than that.
When they have been knocked to the mat, boxers have been known to use as much of the count as possible to regather their wits before wading back into the fray.
With investors cutting back on United Kingdom equities allocations an enticing contrarian opportunity is emerging.
It sounds like something out of a spy film – Barclays leading a mob of Chinese investors to a secret London location, down a shady path into its high-security ring-fenced gold bullion vault.
When Warren Buffett buys a stock people take notice.
A vote to leave the European Union would most likely result in a material slowing of growth and a notable rise in inflation, the Bank of England said on Thursday.
Googling for news on the FTSE 100 yesterday afternoon yielded some interesting results. So far this week, the index has ‘tumbled’, ‘climbed’, ‘faltered’, ‘closed higher’, ‘slipped’ and ‘bounced back’, indicative of its longer-term trend.
As Donald Trump goes through the remaining box ticking exercises required to clinch his now inevitable nomination to run for President of the United States, populists and nationalists around Europe are gaining ground.
Incoming Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Andrew Bailey appears to have put financial services firms on notice that they can expect significant change under his regime.
